NEW AND LITTLE-KNOWN TASMANIAN LEPIDOPTERA.

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1 119 NEW AND LTTLE-KNOWN TASMANAN LEPDOPTERA. PART. BY A. JEFFERS TURNER, M.D., F.E.S., Brisbane. (Read 20th December, 1926.) Fam. ARCTAD.E. Amsacta eurymochla, n.sp. EVpv!J.Ox'hos, broadly \.Jarred. ~. 48 mm. Head orange; face white. Palpi blackish: ochreous beneath towards base.,antennre blackish; in ~ very shortly bipectinate n)' b_ecoming simple towards apex. Thorax white, with a longitudinal central blackish bar not reaching margins, and short 1ateral bars on shoulders. Abdo-men orange above; white beneath; transverse blackish dorsal and ventral bars on each segment. Legs blackish; femora orange on dorsum, white beneath. Forewings triangular, costa straight to!, slightly arched posteriorly, apex round-pointed, termen slightly rounded, oblique; white; a blackish costallip.e almost to apex; extreme apex of costa orange; an orange subcostal line to i; a black ish line from near base, narrowly separate from preceding, to costa beyond it, expanded and giving rise to several dentatu projections at its termination before apex; a median line confluent at base with preceding, and connected to it by a transverse bar at end of cell, there dividing into four lines along veins to tennen; a subdorsal line from base to torn us, broadening and becoming dorsal before middle; cilia white. Hindwings with termen rounded; as forewings but without orange line; blackish lines broadly suffused. This has probably been regarded as a form of A. margin ata., and perhaps the Tasmanian record for that species ha'l so arisen. To me it appears a distinct though allied specie!. n addition to the very distinct markings the forewingg. are shorter and broader. Beaconsfield; two s.pecimens received from Mr. W. B. Barnard, who has the type.,

2 120 NE\V AND LTTLE-KNOWN TASliANA:\' LEPDOPTERA Fam. PHYCT'DJE. Ephestia cautella., Wlk. Syn. ficulell<l, Barrett. This species has now a woridwide distribution. t has been confused with E. elutella, Hb., of which have not yet seen an authentic Australian example. Ephestia kuehniella, Zel. Very similar to the preceding. The distinguishing char. acters are well given by Meyrick in his uhandbook of British Lepidoptera." Not previously recorded from Australia, buc- 1 found two examples in the Littler collection. PlodW, interpuncteua, Hb. Another very widely distributed species. Like the two preceding it feeds on flour, maize, dried fruits, etc. Fam. CRAMBD!E. Platytes contempta, n.sp. contemptus, despised.!i?. 24 mm. Head and thorax pale..jbrown. PaJpi 7; pale-brown irrorated with fuscous, lower edge whitish. An. tennre brown~whitish. Abdomen whitish. Legs brown. whitish..forewings narrow, posteriorly dilated, costa nearly straight, apex round-pointed, termen nearly straight, slightly oblique; pale..:brown; an 1indistinct double discal dot at 2/3; a broad paler terminal fascia; eilia pale. brown. Hindwings over 2, termen slightly sinuate; whitish; cilia whitish. Moina, Cradle Mountain Road (2,000 f't.), in January (W. B. Barnard); one specimen. Fam. CARPOSNDJE. Paramorpha eburneola, n.sp. eburneolus, made of ivory.. <!. 16 mm. Head and thorax white. Pal pi 6; white, basal half of lower edge dark-fuscous. Antennre grey, be coming white towards base; ciliations in t 1. A'bdomen grey. Legs grey; posterior pair white. Forewings elong. ate, some-what dilated, costa moderately arched, apex acute, termen nearly straight, strongly oblique; white with a v.ery few scattered dark-fuscous scales; a pair of blackish discal dots at 2/3, one.at each posterior angle of cell; a series of blackish dots around apex and on termen, those arou_n,d apex larger; cilia pale-grey, on tornus.white. Hind!wings with termen sinuate; white; cili'a whhe. l! BY A. JF..FFENJS TURNER. ).D. F.E.S. 12; Allied to P. rhachias, Meyr., and P. a.quilana, Meyr., distinguished by its white colour, total absence of costa.l strigulre, and dis crete blackish terminal dots. Rasebery in February; one specimen. Fam. TORTRCDJE. Acropolitis ergophora, Meyr. ~ mm. ~ mm. Pal pi in t 2; in ~ 2!. Antennm of ~.shorlly obtusely dentate beyond middle, ciliations H. Forewings. in 5 with fold moderately broad, reaching to 1/3. Acropolitis ptychosema, n.sp. 11""TtJXOcr1Jp;o~, rur.tked on the fold. J mm. Head and thorax grey; face fuscouo;;. Palpi 3; fuseous; base and most of internal surface whitish. Antennre fuscous; in C slightly dentate, ciiiatians 1. Ab~ domen pale-grey. Legs fus cous mixed with whitish; tarsi ann!j.lated with whitish; posterior pair mostly whitish. Forewings suboblong, costa moderately arched, apex rectangular, term en rounded, slightly oblique; costal fold in 6' moderately broad, reaching to 1/3; grey with patchy ferruginous irroration; no defined basal patch, median fascia, or costal triangle, but the latter two m.ay be indicated by some darker grey suffusion on costa; a series of fuscous and ferruginous costal dots or short strigulre; a bla<:kish line on subdorsal fold from near base to middle, surrounded by some ferruginous suffusion; a short blackish median line from 113 not reaching 2/3, edged beneath with ferruginous, sometimes surrounded by darkgrey suffusion; sometimes an incomplete series of ferruginous strigulre from 2/3 costa to termen a:bove tornus; terminal edge lnterruptedly fuscous; cilia whitish-grey, sometimea suffused with ferruginous, sometimes with a few fuscous dots. Hindwings with t~rmen slightly sinuate; 6 and 7 c~;mnate; pale~grey with transverse strigulre of darker grey especially towards apex. Characteris~d by the obsolescence of usual mal-kings ana ferruginous suffusion of forewings, and especially by the blackish streak on fold. Cradle MoUntain (3,000 ft.) in January; two specimen~. Gen. PARAPHYAS, nov. 1ra.pa. ua.s, an othhoot. Palpi very long (over 6), porrect; s~ond joint very long, shortly rough-scaled; terminal joint moderate. Fore-

3 122 XEW A.."W LTTLE-10.'0\\'N TASlU~"lAN LEPDO'TERA wings with 7, 8, 9 long-stalked, 7 to term en. Hindwings: with 3 and 4 connate, 5 curved and approximated to 4 at origin, 6 and 7 stalked. Directly developed from Capua, from which it differs in the very long palpi, and stalking of 9 of forewings. Th-=latter structure, rare in this family, has developed inde-. pendently in several unrelated genera. Ka.)..A~f"o~, Paraphyas cauixena, n.sp. a pretty strang~r. ~. 18 mm. Head and thorax grey-whitish. Pal pi 8 ;: whitish, lower edge and apex fuse-jus. Antennre pale-gre:r. Abdarnen ochreous-whitish, Legs fuscous; posrterior pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings dilated posteriorly, cosb. gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen straight, oblique; white; many, very fine, long, grey, transverse strigulre from dorsum; a dark-fuscous basal costal dot; a triangular fus~ cous blotch on costa from 1/5 to 3/5, reaching rather less ~ than half across disc, where its lower angle is o btusely trun. cated; a small, acute, fuscous, costal triangle at 4/5, givingrise to a grey line, or series of strigulre, to 4/5 dorsum; a. subterminal series of grey strigulre; some small fuscous terminal dots; cilia fus'cous, apices whitish. Hindwings with_ termen sinuate; grey-whitish; cilia grey, becoming whitish.k on dorsum. Rosebery in February; one specimen. Capua poliobaphes, n.sp. 7roN.ofJaf/>1Js, tlyed grt>y. ~. 18 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi U; fuscous; internal surface and upper edge ochreous-whitish. Antenure grey; in t slightly serrate, ciliations }. Thorax and abdomen grey. Legs fuscous; tarsi annulated with ochreous whitish; posterior pair except tarsi ochreous-whitish. Forewings subtriangular, costa moderately arched, apex point- ed, termen nearly straight, slightly oblique; costal fold in t narrow, reaching to middle; pale-grey sometimes slightly ochreous-tinged, more or less dotted with fuscous; a dorsal: series of fuscous dots; a dark-fuscous discal spot at t, sometimes divided into two dots; cilia ochreous-whitish, bases dark-fuscous. Hindwings with term en scarcely sinuate; 3 and 4 connate; grey-whitish with broad grey transverse~ strigulation; cilia grey-whitish. Hobart and Mt. Wellingto3 (2,500 ft.) in January (W_ B. Barnard); two s pecimens. BY A. JEFFERS TUR~ER. )[.D., F.E.S. 123 Capua asemantica, n.sp. d.!p1p,a.vttkos, }n,.ignifi('ant, t. 14 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi 2; ochreous-whitish with a few fuscous scales. Antennre grey; in t slightly serrate, ciliations ~. Thorax and abdomen darkgrey; tuft ochreous-whitish. Legs fuscous; tarsi annulated with ochreous-whitish; posterior pair ochreous-whitish. Fore wings subtriangular, rather narrow, apex pointed, termen nearly straight, oblique; costal fold in ~ narrow, reaching 2/5; whitish; a series of dark-fuscous dots on costa and dot sum; a slender blaekish median 1-::mgitudinal line from 2/5 to 3/5; immediately beyond this a large defined square or triangular fuscous subapical costal spot, mixed with blackhh; a fine blackish submarginal line or series of strigulre before termen; cilia whitish... brown, bases partly fuscous. Hindwings with termen scarely sinuate; 3 and 4 connate; palegrey sometimes with faintly darker strigulre; cilia grey-whitish. Allied to the preceding. As both are probably variable, it should be noted that this is considerably smaller, the forewings narrower, their termcn more oblique, and the costal fold shorter. Wilmot in January; Burnie in FebTuary; two specimens probably taken among -tree-ferns. Capua nim.bosa, n.sp. nimbosus, darkly clouded. ~. 1G mm. Head brown-whitish. Pal pi 2i; brownwhitish. Antennre grey, towards base brown-whitish. Thorax brown. Aibdomen dark-grey; tuft in 9 very large. Leg'1 ochreous-whitish; anterior pair partly fuscous. Forewings broadly triangular, costa rather strongly arched, apex pointed, te.rmen nearly straight, oblique; whitish with grey trans verse strigulre; basal vatch and median fascia grey, ochreous-tinged; basal patch well defined, posterior margi-r. nearly straight; fascia from middle of costa, moderately broad on costa, greatly dilated. towards tornus, but not quite reaching termen, anterior edge ill defined, posterior distinct, at first outwardly oblique, then curved parallel to and very near termen; a rounded dark-.fuscous costal triangh from 2/3 to near apex, containing a white costal d-ot in middle; cilia grey with a subterminal dark-f'uscous line. Hindwings with termen scarcely sinuate; 3 and 4 stalked; darkgrey; cilia grey. Allied to C. euphona; characterised by the broad forewings, defined basal patch, very broadly dilated fascia, and dark-fuscous costal triangle.

4 ,r 1~~ NEW AND LTTLE-KNO\VN TASMANAN LEPDOPTERA BY A. JEFFERS TURXER. ll.d., 1-~.E.S. 125 Rosebery in February (W. B. Barnard); one specimen, There is also one example from Launceston in the Littler Collection. Capua eugrapta, n.sp. drypa7rros, distinctly marked. t mm. Head fuscous. Pal pi 3; fuscous. Antennm fuscous; ciliations in t ~. Thorax pale-brown with a few fuscous scales. Abdomen grey; tuft whitish-ochreous. Legs fuscous; tarsi annulated with whitish-ochreous; posterior pair whitish-ochreous. Forewings narrow, su.boblong, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen straight, oblique; costal fold in t narrow, reaching 2/5; pale-brown; markings dark.. brown mixed with blackish; a stout bar from ba~e of dorsum to middle of disc at l; a rather narrow oblique fascia from costa before middle to dorsum be.fore tornus, rather constricted in middle; a moderate costal triangle from 3/5 to near apex; a terminal fascia from beneath apex, sometimes confluent with first fascia at torn us; cilia palebrown,c bases sometimes darker, on apex sometimes with fuscous apices. Hindwings with termen slightly sinuate; 3 and 4 connate or stalked; whitish-grey with indistinct darker transverse strigulation; cilia whitish-grey. Strahan in Fe'bruary; four specimens. OaX~:pw1m, Capua thaleropis, n.sp. fresh-looking. ~ mm. Head grey. Pal pi 2~; grey. Antenure fuscous with pale annulations. Thorax reddish-brown. Abdomen grey. Legs fuscous; tarsi annulated with ochreous-whitish; posterior pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings narrow, suboblong, costa moderately arched before middle, thence sinuate, apex round-pointed, termen nearly straight, oblique; reddish-<brown; some dark-fuscous costal dots; a costal suffused triangular spot of darker brown sometime,..; mixed with blackish; cilia reddish-brown, apices paler. Hindwings with termen sinuate; 3 and 4 connate or stalked; palegrey with faint darker transverse strigulation; cilia palegrey. Rosebery and Strahan in February; two specimens. Capua cirrhoptera, n.sp. Ktp/Jcnrnpos, yellowish-i\ inged. t mm. Head and thorax ochreous--brown. Pal pi 6; ochreous-brown. Antennre ochreous-ibrown; in t with tu:fits of long cilia (3). Legs fuscous; posterior pair ochre. ous-whitish. Forewings subtriangular, costa slightly arch f )l ) ed towards base, thence'nearly straight, apex pointed, termen -sinuate, only slightly oblique; in ~ without costal fold; pale ochreous-brown; terminal part of disc with some fuscous scales or dots, sometimes distinctly dotted; a fuscous discal dot at 2/3 on end of ~ell; cilia pale ochreous-brown. Hind Wings with termcn sinua:te; 3 and 4 connate or closely approximated at origin; grey; cilia grey. Cradle Mountain (3,000 ft.) in January; five specimeni. Gen. EPPYAS, nov. bn vaf, an off::!h)f)t. Tongue present. Pal pi mod~rately long, porrect; seconrj. joint with a triangular thickening of scales on upper surface; terminal joint short. Antennre of ~ ciliated. Thorax not crested. Forewings with all veins present and separate, 7 to termen. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked, or 4 absent, 5 approximated to 3 at origin, 6 and 7 separate, but approximated for some distance. Type E. eucyrta. A derivative of Tortrix, from which it differs only in the stalking or coincidence of 3 and 4 of hindwings. n structure it approaches Apinoglossa-, MOschler 1 in which the tongue is said to be absent; this genus is recorded from the West ndies, and is probably an independent derivative of Tortrix. Epiphyas eucyrta, n.sp. djkvpos, well cnnerl. t mm. Head and thorax reddish~brown. Pal pi in $ 3, in ~ 311; reddish-brown. Antenrue whitish, towards apex grey; ciliations in ~ 1. Abd-omen whitish. Legs brown; posterior pair whitish. Forewings suboval, costa strongly arched, apex rounded, termen nearly straight, oblique; in J without costal fold; reddish-ibrown, usually broadly suffused with brown-whitish towards costa and termen, numerous reddish-brown dots more apparent in suffused area; sometimes a brown-whitish rather broad suffusion on dorsuin before middle; sometimes three or four blackish dots before term en; cilia brown-whitish. Hindwings with term en slightly sinuate; 3 and 4 coincident, whitish or grey-whitish with transverse grey strigulre; cilia whitish. Rosebery and Strahan in February; five specimens. A fifth t example from "Gravelly Beach" near Beaconsfield has the forewings brownish-grey with dark-fuscou<s :rit8i"ks on dorsum at 1/3 and 2/3, and in the hindwings 3 and '4 are stalked, but diverge very slightly. believe it is an B bilormal example of this species " 1

5 126 NEW A~D LJTTLE-RNOWX TASYA:'\JA.. "''' LEPDO"TER.\ Epiphyas chlidana, n.sp. X\ltl:!.POr, SOft, dejic&le.!?. 20 mm. Head -and thorax whitish. Pal pi 3!; greywhitbh. Antennre grey~whitish. Abdomen whitish. Legs pale-grey; posterior pair whitish. ForewingE~ suboval, eosta rather strongly arched, apex pointed, termen slightly sinuate, oblique; pale brown; a whitish costal streak from base to middle; some whitish -suffusion along dorsum; cilia whitish-grey, on apex brown, on costa whitish. Hindwings with terrnen slnuate; 3 and 4 long-stalked, widely diverging; pale-grey: cilia whitish with a pale-grey basal line. Rosebery in February (\V. B. Barnard); one specimen. Tortrix incompta., n.sp. incomptus, unadorned. 0' mm. Head fuscous sometimes mixed with ochreous. Pal pi 25; fus-cous mixed with ochreous. Antennm fuscous; ciliations in 3. Thorax and abdomen fuseou. Legs fuseous; posterior pair whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa slightly and uniformly arched, apex rounded-rectangular, termen slightly rounded; slightly oblique; costal fold in & strongly develop!d, extending to middle; fuscous, often with.slight whitish or ochreous irroration towards termen, rarely this irroration extends over whole wing-, more frequently there is none of it; somet-imes two or three pale-ochreous dots on costa before apex; cilia fuscous. Hind- 1wings with termen sinuate; fuseous; cilia pale-fuscous with a darker sub--basal Jine. Mt. Wellington (2,500 ft.) and Cradle Mountain (3,00~ ft.) in January; seventeen s-pecimens all of the same sex. Tortrix hemiphc:ena., n.sp. i~.uf/>opos, }llllf reddislj. t; rum. Head and thorax brown. Pal pi 25; brownish. Antennre grey; in & dentate, -ciliations 2/3. Legs whitish~ochreous; tarsi fuscous annulated with whitish~oehnous; anterior pair mostly fuscous. Forewings subo-blong, costa strongly arched to middle, thence straight, apex subrectangular, termen straight, rounded towards tornus, slightly oblique; costal fold in & narrow and rudimentary, but extend-ing to middle; ochreous.. whitish, with reddish strigulro; terminal 2/3 suffused with reddish or fuscous~reddish sharply limited by an oblique 1ine from 1/3 costa to beyond mid~dor~.sum; a rather large, faintly darker, basal patch angled out~ wards beneath eosta; central fascia represented iby an oblique.fuscous bar from 1/3 costa to above middle of disc:, where it BY A. JEF}'El\1~ Tt:R:>:'F.R,!\1.D,, F,E.S, 12i 1s -slightly enlarged and angulated outwards; costal triangle scarcely indicated; three transverse lines.of fuscous strigu1m towards termen, first from before torn us; second from torn us, third from mid-termen, varying in length, but not reaching -costa; cilia reddith, basally mixed with fuscous, apices paler. Hindwings with termen slightly sinuate; whitish coarsely strigulated with grey; whitish with a grey antemedian line, on apex tinged with reddish. Russell Falls in January; Zeehan in February; two spedmens. Tortrix ophiosema, Low. We took a small series of this species in fern-tree gulue3 at Russell Falls and Strahan. t varies in the degree of d-evelopment of the dark--markings on forewings, and the central fascia may be interrupted and partly obsolete, but it is always easily recognised. As all our examples are of the male sex, it is stili unsettled whether it may not be the same species as T. dotatana, 'Vlk. Tortrix euides, n.sp. n1h0'1j~, ha.ndi~;otl'~' mitt. Head fuscous. Pal pi 4 i fusc JUs mixed with whitish and a few reddish.scales. Antennre fuscous; in S slightly dentate, ciliations!. Thorax with a amau po!:iterior erest; fuseous mixed with reddish and- suffused posteriorly with whitish. Abdomen fus:cous. Legs fuscous; tarsi annulated with w;hitish; posterior pair almost wholly whitish. Forewings suboblong, costa slightly arched, apex rounded~rectangular, termen nearly straight, slightly obliquc; in 0: without costal :fold; whitish strigulated and suffused with grey; markings dark-grey strigulated with dark-red; a moderate basal patch, its outer edge oblique and ne-arly -straight, from 1/8 costa to 1/3 dorsum; central fascia repre -sented by a large triangular costal blotch from! to 2/3, doubly angled beneath, the anterior angle occupied by a dark-red spot;.a terminal fascia, its anterior edge distinct, wavy, dark-red, from 7/8 c Jsta to tornus, including a wavy, dark-red, transverse line; cilia whitish, with basal and subapical grey lines. Hindwings with termen slightly sinuate; pale-grey with dark -er strigulations; cilia as forewings. Mount Wellington (2,500 it.) in January (W. B. Bar nard); one specimen. Tortrix loxotama, n.sp. :\o~oro;w~, obliqnely dlvijed. 0:. 21 mm. Head grey-whitish. Pal pi 3; fuscous, base and inner~surface whitii;h. Antennre fuscous; in ~ slightly

6 128 ::SEW A.X) LTTLE-KNOWN TA5}1A.."'AN LE'lJ)OPTERA dentate, ciliations 1. ~horax ferruginous-fuscous suffused with grey-whitish. Abdomerl. grey. Legs fuscous; tarsi annulated with whitish; posterior pair whitish. Forewings suboblong, costa moderately arched, more w towards base, apex pointed, termen slightly r-ounded, slightly oblique; in t without costal fold; pale-grey becoming whitish towards dor. sum; markings ferruginous-fuscous; a small basal patch, its ed,ge angulated outwards; central fascia narrow, from 2/3 costa to torn us; a small costal triangle before apex; a srna.h terminal fasc-ia narrowing to a point at apex and lost in suffusion towards tornus; terminal part of disc suffused with grey, which unites markings into a large terminal blotch; cilia whitish, with a basal line partly grey, partly ferruginous, on apex fuscous. Hindwings with termen sinuate; grey-whitish 'strigulated and suffused with grey; cilia whiti-sh with a :palegrey sub-basal line. Mount Wellington (2,500 ft.) in January (W. B. Barnard); one specimen. O.KpofhKTar, with ~>harp Tortrix acrotltecta, n.sp. ttp~x mm. Head and thorax fuscous-brown. Pal pi H; br.own. Antenme fuscous.j>rown; ciliations in ~ 1. Abdomen grey, tuft paler. Legs ochreous-whitish; anterior pair fuscous. Forewings subdblong, costa strongly arched before middle, thence straight, apex a-cute, s1ightl_;r produced, termen sinuate, scarcely oblique; in <5 without costal fold; pale fuscous.. brown with slightly darker strigul<e; basal patch and median fascia absent; a small equilateral fuseous triangle edged with blackish dots on 2/3 eosta; sev. eraj :fine lines of fuscous striguire!before termen; cilia fuscous, on apex and tornus brown. Hindwings with termel< slightly slnuate; whitish strigulated and' partly suffused with grey; cilia grey-whitish. This species agrees with T. ocyptera, Meyr., in its peculiarly shaped forewings. Mount \Vellington (2,500 ft.) in January; one specimen. Tortrix astathmeta, n. sp. lu!ttdjp,r.or, un,~tah!e. ~ mm. Head and' thorax ochreous-brown. Palpi 21; ochreous-brown, sometimes. with a few fuscous scales. Antenn& fuscous-grey. Abdomen fuscous-grey; beneath ochreous. Legs brownish; posterior pair paler; anterior and lniddle tarsi fuscous with whitish annu1ations. Forewings suhobl-ong, Posteriorly dilated, costa arched near.base, thence l \ ~ \ l ny A, UTh'FF..lUS TURNER, M.D., F.E.S, 129 sinuate, apex rounded-rectangular, termen sinuate, not oblique; pale~ochreous-brown, sometimes pinkishtinged, sometimes largely suffused with orange-ochreou5; markings -extremely variable, usua11y indicated towards costal anrl dorsal margins only, sometimes wholly obsolete, som~times dark and well-developed, dark reddish-brown, sometimes with a few similar strigulre between and beyond them; basal patch slightly rounded, usually indistinct or obsolete; eentral fascia from 1/3 costa to t dorsum, narrow but occasionally slightly dilated toward dorsum, usua1ly hrywever obsolete except on costa, sometimes followed by a oostal dot; costal triangle at 2/3, small but deep, not always present; cilia con- ccb-rvus, sc-motimes blackish on and' beneath apex. Hind wings" with termen scarcely ~inuate; pale-grey; apex ochreous-tinged; cilia :pale-grey, towards apex whitish-ochreous. Cradle Mountain (3,000 ft.) in January; fifteen spedmens, all of the one sex. The shape of forewings is characteristic. Tortrix polyphrica., n.sp. 7foAvif:,ptKos, H\H'h-ripplt tl mm. Head and thorax grey. Palpi 2; grey. Antennre fuscous; eiliations in,j 1. Albdomen pale-grey. Legs fus~ous; tars~ with whitish annulations; posterior pair except tarsi whitish. F-crewings suboblong, costa rather strongly arched, apex pointed, termen nearly straight, slightly oblique; ccstal fold in 0 slight, reaching to l, triangularly dilated with long scales towards its apex; whitish, suffused with fuecous so as to appear grey; numerous fuscous dots on costa and in disc, some of them more or less connected to form imperfect wavy transverse linej;. or strlgulre; three larger spots in middle of disc at i, 1before middle, and at 2/3; cilia grey, sometimes with a few fufcoug bars, bases white. Hindwings with t-ermen sinuate; pale-grey; cilia whitish. Cradle Mountain (3,000 ft.) in January; three specimens. Tortri.'C alysidina, n.sp. daw-.:o.:~<os, made of <. ilainwurl.:. & 24 mm. Head and thorax brown. Palpi H; brown. Antennre brown; ciliations in C; 1. Abdomen pale-brown. LegS~ fuseous; posterior pair ochreous-whiti&h. Forewings' suboblong, costa rather strongly at(:hed, apex pointed, termeu slightly sinuate, slightly oblique; costal fold in ~ extremely rudimentary; brown; very numerous small fuscous dots at', ranged in rows between veins; a suffused fuscous longitudinal line a'bove middle of disc from 1/3 to 2/3; cilia grey K

7 130 :KEW AN}) LlT'l'LE KNO\VN' TAS:M.\XAN LEf'DOP'l'lHU with a ba sal brown line, apioos pale-brownis:h. Hind'Wings with termen sinuate; pale-grey; cilia pale-grey, bases whitish. Mt. Wellington (2,500 ft.) in January (W. B. Barnard); one specimen. Tortrix schematica, n.sp. ttx'flft0.1'txot, of 1li.-ti11l'tive pattern. ~ mm. Head and thorax fuscous. Pal pi 2; grey--whitish. Antennre fuscous; in & minutely ciliated..albdoonen dark-grey. Legs fuscous; posterior pair ochre. ous-whitish. Forewings su,boblong, costa gently arched be. fore middle, thence straight, apex subrectangular, termen nearly straight, scarcely oblique; in t whhout costal fold; ochreous-whitish with dearly defined fuscous markings; a moderate basal patch, its posterior edge slightly concave; a rectangular spot on costa at 1/3, widely separated from a larger similar spot on mid--dorsum; a triangular spot on 2/3 costa, it's apex nearly or quite touehing a large rectangular spot, whlch extends from torn us to middle of disc; a moderat~ terminal fascia becoming narrower!beneath, where it JOlns tornal spot; cilia grey; apices whitish. Hindwings with termen scarcely sinuate; dark... grey; cilia.grey. Wilmot in January (W. B. Barnard); one specimen: a second example :from Launceston in the Littler CoJ. lection. Tortrix nephaula, Meyr. Also from Mt. Erica, Victoria {Geo. Lyell). Tortrix concinnu.la.., n.sp. concinnulus, rather neat. ~ mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi 4; whit ish-ochreous. Antennre pale-grey with 'blackish ring~~. Thorax fuscous. A'bdomen fuscous. Legs fuscous; po<; terior pair whitish. Forewings subtriangular, costa arched towards base, thence straight, apex pointed, termen straight, slightly oblique; white with shght fuscous irroration; marlc ings fus:cous mixed with br;)wn; basal patch rather large but imperfectly develo ped~ its posterior edge angulated outward~ in middle; central fascia from 2/5 costa, moderately bt Jad, oblique, dilated in disc, then narrowed a'1most to a p :>int on 2/3 dorsum; a second fascia very broad on costa, where it encloses a central white dot, gradually narrowlng but still moderately broad to dorsum hefore tornus; a line from costa before apex to termen below middle; cilia whitish with bars of fuscous and brown scales except towards tornus. Hind wings with termen scarcely sinuate; pale... grey with obscure darker strigulre; cilia grey. J '1 lly A, JEFFERS TUR!''ER, lld,, F.E.S. 131 Mt. Wellington (2,500 ft.) in January (W. B. Barnard) ; two specimens. Tortrix polymicta, n.sp. "11'oX.u,.uKro!, intricn.te mm. Bead ochreous-brown. Pal pi 31; brown ish. Antennoo fu~ous. Thorax fuscous mixed with ochreous..;:bro.wn. Abdomen fuscous. Legs fusoous; tarsi annu. lated with whiti!;h-ochreous; posterior pair whitish-ochreous. Forewings subtriangular, costa slightly bisinuate, apex pointed, tern;en straight, oblique; white with slight fuscous ir. ro:ration; markings dark-fuscous; basal patch large,. but not developed towards base, its outer margin acutely angled outwards; central fascia and costal triangle confluent, extending on costa from 2/5 to 4/5, its anterior edge nearly straight except in middle where it impinges on a blaekish discal spot, its posterior edge acutely angled inwards in middle; two blackish costal doh included in costal triangle; a third d:lt beyond this, connected with a terminal fascia, dilated in middle, but not reaching torn us; cilia white partly suffus.ed with brownish and with a few dark-fuscous points. Hindwings with termen sinuate; grey with obscure darker strigulations; dlia grey. Mt. Wellington (2,500 ft.) in January; one specimen. To-rt'lix dyschto':!, n.sp. liwx.poor, dhwolm1retl. $ nun. Hea.d pale reddish.brown. Palp; 21; pale reddish-brown. Antennm grey, towards base pale reddish.,trown, ciliations jn t H. Thorax reddish-hrowr.. sometimes mixed with fuscous. Abd.)men grey. Legs fus co us; posterior pair whitish-brown. Forewings suboblong, costa slightly arched, more so near base, apex rounded rectangular, termen straight, rounded beneath, hardly oblique; in t without costal fold; pale reddish..lbrown; markings slightly darker, indhtinct, sometimes only partly traceable; a moderate basal patch, its outer edge angled outwardly in middle; central fascia from 1/3 costa, moderately broad ()fi eosta, dilated but faint or lost towards dorsum; a br(lad m. defined terminal suffusion; cilla reddish.jbrown. Hindwings with termen slightly sinuate; grey; cilia grey. Cradle Mountain in January; five specimens. Tortri:c tenuifascia, n.sp. tem1i!a8ciu8, narrow-!banded mm. Head and thorax reddish..1brown. Palni 2l; reddish-brown; Antennm grey; ciliations in S nearly 1.

8 NEW AND LlTTLE-KNO~'N TASMANAN LEPDOPTERA DY.!. JEFFERS ''UR.""\'"ER, U..D,, F.E.S. 133 Abdomen.grey. Legs fuscous; posterior pair whitish-br.:>wn. Forewings suboblong, rather strongly arched near base, thencestraight, apex pointed, termen straight, moderately oblique; in c3' without costal fold; ochreous-whitish partly suffused and stdguiated with reddish... brown; basal patch suffusedly reddish-bro-wn, Quite undefined, and succeeded by several fine t:fansverse lines; central fascia distinct, very narrow, almo'it linear, dark red'dish-brown, from 2/5 costa to 2/3 donurn; costal triangle repre~ented by several more or less c-:mftuent spots, from which proceed fine reddish- brown lines or serie~ of strigul:e to torn us and termen; occasionally slight fuscau:s suffusion on termen and apical part of costa;.cilia whitishbrown. Hindwings with termen :sinuate; grey; cilia palegrey with a darker sub-basal line. Moina {2,000 ft.) and Cradle Mountain {8,000 ft.) ia January; five specimens. Arotrophora castanea, Meyr. Proc. Linn. Soe. N.S.W., 1910, p ~ mm. Head grey~whitish. Palpi 6; grey; upper edge grey-whitish. Antennre grey; in g thickened, dentate, ciliations i. Thorax with a small posterior crest; pale-grey, sometimes mixed with reddish..'brown, which forms a posterior spot. Abdom-en gr y. Legs fuscous; tarsi an. nulated with whitish; posterior pair whitish. Forewing!!> suboblong, costa. gently and uniform1y arched, apex obtusely pointed, termen straight, oblique; whitish or grey with varj.able fuscous and reddi-sh-brown suffusion; often a well-defined whitish-brown blotch occupying greater part of costal are':l from base to middle, reaching costa, or, if not, connected with lt at~~ but this may be wholly a bsent; a suffused fu~cous costal triangle extending from 3: to apex, usually dis.. tinct; s ome fine blackish dots arranged transversely on enli of cell; often a whitish suffusion between thi~ and torn us; ~often some reddish-jjrown transverse strigulre bef.or_e termen; cilia pale-grey with sub--basal and subapical fuscous lines. Hindwings with termen not or scarcely sinuate; pale-grey with obscure darker strigulre. Very variable in the markings of forewing. have therefore redescri'bed it, though it appears to agree wlt.h Meyrick's species described from a single example with the locality Mount Lofty (?), South Australia. Lake Fenton (3~500 ft.) in January; ten specimens. l i' Cnephasia gnophodryas, Low. t mm. Head ochreousjbrown more or less mixed with fuscous. Pal pi 31; ochreous-brawn mixed witlt fuscous. Antennre grey, ciliations in.:t 2. Thorax fuscous usually mixed with reddish~brown. Afbdomen fuscous. Legs fuscous; tarsi annulated with ochreous-whitish; posteri-or pair except tarsi ochreous-whitish. Forewings subtriangular, costa gently.arched, apex pointed, termen straight, oblique; in t without costal fold; whitish with numerous wavy transverse fuscous' lines more or less mixed' with reddish-brown; basal patch moderate, its posterior edge angled outwards in middle; central area sometimes suffusedly whitish, the transverse lines being little developed, oecasionally these are partly confluent toward costa and tornus, so as to suggest a central fascia; often a termlnal fascia, dilated ln middle, nut reaching torn us; cilia fuscous, api-ces whitish, sometimes with whitish bars. Hindwin:gs with termen sinuate; grey; cilia grey. Variable; -in nearly all the Mt. Wellington e.xamp1es centre of disc is suffusedly whitish, but did not observe this form in other localities. think that the ' examples from 1\!t. Wellington, attributed by.mr. Meyrick to mermera, Meyr., belong to this speeies. have a long series (26 ex. amples} but all of the S sex. t differs from mermera (of which have 'both.sexes) in its smaller size, forewings. nar r()wer and without ochreous tin.ge, longer paipi and antenna! cillations. Hobart, 'Mount W-elling~ton (2,500 ft.), Russell Fall~, National Park (2,000 ft.). Lake Fenton (3,500 ft.), Wilmot, Moina (2,000 ft.), Cradle Mountain (3,000 ft.), Zeehan, in January and February. Note.- sent examples of this as.a new species to Mr. Meyrick 1 who replies-"cnephasia. onophodrya.s, Low., con~ ('fm~ed by me hitherto with tr-ibolana, which does not occur ln ~'Tasmania; now admit it is distinct. hav:e specimens '(from HO'bart and Mt. WellingWn; Lower's was from Hobart. "Quite different from. mermera-. which occurs higher up o"!l "Mt. Wellington, hy form of.basal pateh." On reference to my series, which may be in 1better condition than -Mr. Meyrick's e.xamples, ennnot confirm thi.s last statement. and am still in doubt as to the occurrence of mcrmera in Tasmania.

9 134 NEW A'SD LTTLE-KNO\'i'N TASliA!'<A:"' LEPDO'TERA Cnephasia fractifascia, n.sp. fractifasciw:;, with broken band. ~ mm. Head whitish-ochreous or whitish. Palp.i 3~; whitish-o-chreous. Antennre grey. Thorax fus.. cous mixed with whitish-ochreous. Abdomen fuscous. Legs fuscous; tarsi annulated with ochreous-whitish; posteriorpair ochreous-whitish. Forewings suboblong; costa gently arched, apex pointe'd, termen straight, oblique; whitish usu.. ally partly suffused With pale-ochreous and with some fuscou::, irroration; markings fus cous-brown; basal patch ill defined represented by several parallel lines; central fascia repre~ sented by a moderate very distinct oblique bar from costa not reaching middle of d isc, and a quadrangular tornal spot the two widely sep'arated; costal triangle.small, its ape; nearly or quite confluent with that of costal bar; sometimes a straight transverse, subterminal line, -usually obsolete or represented by a costal dot on1y; a narrow,.more or less rlefined, terminal fascia; cilia brownish or fuscous, apices whitish. Hindwings with termen sinuate; pale-grey with Qbscure darker strigulre; cilia pale-grey. Russell Falls, Lake F.e-nton (3,500 ft.), and Crad le Mountain (3,000 ft.) in January; four spejcimens. Cnephasia contortula, n.sp. contortulus, rather intricate. ~ mm. Head and thorax dark-fuscous with a few whitish sca'les. Palpi 3; dark-fuscous; base and extreme apex whitish. An1tennre dark-fuscous. Abdomen grey; tuft in ~ large. Legs fuscous; tarsi annulated wi"!:h whitish; posterior pair mostly whitish. Forewings suboblong, costa slightly arched near base, thence straight, apex pointed, termen nearly straight, slightly oblique; whitish with d'ark-fuscous irroration and markings; costa and dorsum strigulated and spotted; basal patch ill defined, partly represented by a median sub-basal spot, angulated outwards; central fascia rather narrow on costa at l/3 and on tornus, much dilated and suffused in dis'c, with some tendency to interruption beneath costa; a dot on costa between this and costal triangle, which is small and may contain a central white costal dot; a costal dot he-yond this'; a rather irregular triangular terminal blotch; cilia whitish barred with fuscous and with a dark-fuscous sulb-basal line. Hindwings with termen sinuate; pale-grey with dlarker strigulre; cilia pale-grey with a darker sub-bas al line. Probably nearest C. argyrocosma, Turn. Wilmot. in February (W. B. Barnard!); four specimens.,. {nro;whvf30o~, BY A. JEFFERS TUR::-l'ER, M.D., F.E.S, Fam. EUCOSM!DJE. Spilonota. hypomolybda, n.sp. leai!en beneath. 135 t rum. Head and thorax fuscous. Palpi grey-whitish, outer surface fuscous except base and sub-basal and subapical bands on second joint. Antenme fuscou-,; notch in t &t 1/5. Abd Jmen grey. Legs fuscous. 'Forewings moderate, costa gently arched, apex rounded-rectangular, dcrsum slightly oblique; costal fold in (; narrow, ejftending to a!bout middle; fuscous with obscure grey strigulre and suffusion; numerous fine grey costal strigulre; an ill-defined grey dorsal suffusion, broadening in middle to extend half across disc, extending to about i dorsum, in one example scarcely indicated; cilia grey with whitish points and an incomplete interrupted fuscous line before middle. Hindwings broad, termen rounded; 3 and 4 stalked; leaden-grey; cilia grey with a sub-basal fuscous line not extending tq tornus. Underside of both wings wholly suffused with leaden-grey except for a terminal fuscous band on forewings. Although otherwise obscure and variaible, this species may be recognised by the leaden-grey suffusion of hindwin~s and underside. Probably this is a secondary sexual character. Launceston in September; two Specimens in the Littler Collection bearing not only.a printed locality label but th~ exact date of capture (25- X-13)_ Type in South Australian Museum. Spilonofa argyrotypa, n.sp. dp"'ft'pormros, ~ilver-marked. (;. 12 mm. Head, thorax, and ahdomen fuscou~. Palpi 3; grey. Antennre fuscous; in t with notch at 1/5, ciliations imperceptible. Legs fuscous. Forewings narrow, not dila ted, costa slightly arched, apex subrectangular, termen straight, very slightly oblique; costal fold in t mode- rate, reaching 1/3, dark ochreous-br own becoming fuscous towards base; three incomplete silvery transverse fascire, first from beneath 1/3 costa to mid-d!orsum; second above tornus not reaching margins ; third from 4/5 costa to termen above tornus; third fascia preceded and followed by a sil- very costal dot; cilia silvery-grey, on apex fuscous. Hindwings with termen not sinuate; 3 and 4 stalked; grey; cilij. grey. Cradle Mountain (3,000 ft.) in January; one specimen.

10 136 NEW A~D LTTLE-KNOWN TASMANAN LEPDOPTERA Ota:rop,os, cut through. Fam. ELAOHS'l1DA':. Elachista diatoma, n.sp. t. q mm. Head and thorax fuscous with brassy re. flections and a few whitish scales. Palpj and antenn~ fuscous. Abdomen dark-fuscous; tuft grey-whitish. Legs fuscous. Forewings narrow, -costa gently arched, apex pointed, term en extremely dblique; fus cous with brassy reflections; a moderately broad w.hite median streak from bate to apex; cilia grey, mixed with whitish around apex. Hindwings lanceolate; grey; cilia 4, grey. Cradle Mountain (3,000 ft.) in January; one specimep_ Coleophora deauratella, Zel. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p ir ~ mm. Head and thorax brassy-green. Palpi, antennre, abdomen, and' legs fuscous. Forewings lanceolate; brilliant brassy-green, towards apex often brassyred; cilia brassy-red.or brassy-green around apex, on termell and tornus fuscous. Hindwings lanceolate; grey; cilia!l, grey. A brilliant species quite unlike anything else found in Tasmania. t is now probably found commonly all over the island, and have received it also from Gisborne, Victoria. Mr. Meyrick kindly identified it for me as without doubt this species, and without doubt also introduced. n his 'work on British Lepidoptera it is stated that the larva is found on flowerheads of Trifolium, living in a case made of part of a flo1ret. The species could not have been present, or at least n:~t established, in Tasmania when Mey.rick collected there in , and we have no record of its occurrence before My Gisborne example is dated' Probably the specie<> was accidentally imported in fodder. rlkpokoaos, shortened at the apex. Fam. GELECHADA':. Epiphthara acrocola, n.sp. ~. 17 mm. Head and thorax whitish... brown. Palpi with second joint long, terminal joint very short (about 1!4); whitish-brown. Antennae whitish.jbrown. Abdomen and legs grey. Forewings elongate, costa rather strongly i l BY.A. JEFFERS TL"RXE~. lld., F.E.S. 137 arched, apex rather obtuse; whitish, finely and fairly uniformly irrorated with grey-brown; cilia brown-whitish with some fuscous irroration opposite apex. Hindwin~s with emargination rounded-rectangular, apical projection about 1/5; grey; cilia 3, grey. This s pecies should be recognisable by the very short terminal joint of palpi. Wilmot in January, one specimen. Epiphthora hypermnicta, n.'sp. inrepatnktos, very olj,;cure. t. 12 mm. Head, antennre, thorax, abdomen, an1l legs fuscous. Palpi with.second joint moderate, with a small apical inferior tuft, terminal joint about ~; fuscous. Forewings narr0rw, costa gently arched, apex rounded; pale-grey with fine fuscous irroration; cilia concolorous, on dorsum.grey. Hindwings with emargination slight, rectangular, apical projection about 1/5; grey; cilia 3!, grey. Strahan.in February; one specimen. Aristotelia bacillum, n.sp. bacillum, a little stick. t mm. Head and thorax fuscous-w:hitisb, more or less pinkish-tinged. Palpi with second joint roug'h beneith, hroadly expanded at apex with rough scales especially above; terminal joint shorter, slender, acute; fuscous; second joint with apical, terminal joint with basal and median whitish rings. Antennre fuscous. Abdomen grey. Legs fuscous; posterior pair grey-whitish with fuscous tarsal rings. Forewings elongate-oval, costa gently arched, apex rounded; 6 separate; whitish more or less tinged with pink and irrorated with fuscous; sometimes a bread whitish costal streak throughout, and a fuscous median streak, well-defined on costal edge, suffused towards dorsum; in other examples the costal streak may be more or less obliterated. by fuscous irroration, and the median st;eak scarcely developed; stigmata fuscous, not alway;s distinct, first at! above middle, second on fold beyond first, third in middle of disc towards costa_, sometimes,a fourth.beneath and.!slightly beyond first; cilia pinkish-grey with blackish irroration on base's, and a blackish apiool.streak or hook. Hind'wings with apex acute, termen strongly sinuate; pale-grey; cilia H 1 pale-grey. Strahan in February; eight specimens. 1

11 138 XEW.-\XD LTTLE-K..'WWX TAS:MAKAX LEPillOPTERA XOV07rpwpo~, Protolechia chionoprora, n.s:p. with snow-white prow. &'. 20 mm. Head white. Pal pi smooth-scaled; ter-- minal joint longer than second, nearly Kls stout as secon,l thr.oughout, acute at apex; white, extreme base 'Of second joint fuscous. Arutenme grey, towards base whitish, basal jqint: w:hite. Thorax white with lateral longitudinal blackish stripes. Ahdomen pale-grey, tuft and underside ochreouswhitish. Legs ochreous-whitish;,anterio-r and middle tibire and tarsi with fuscous rings. Forewings elongate, cosh nearly straight e..xcept near base and apex, apex obtuselypointed, termen very oblique; 2 and 3 stalked; whitish-brown partly suffused with fusoous... brown; four oblique dark-fuscous stre3ks from costa; first at b.ase, very short; second sub-basal; third from 1/3; fourth from middle, prolonged subcostally by a very fine d.ark-fuscous line to apex; a fine blackish line along fold to middle, with.some fuscous suf-, fusidn on its dorsal side; a short longitudina'l blackish discal streak beyond' middle; a sujbterminal blackish line; cilia ochreous-whitish, bases ochreous-grey. Hindwings with tel' men sinuate; grey; cilia grey-whitish. One of the a11ersella group, but immediately distinguis.hed by the peculiar palpi, which may however be f{)und only in the 6'. Rosebery in February; one specimen (W. B. Barnard}.. Protolechia. crypsicneca, n.sp. KpulftKV7JKOs, with bidden yellow mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous.. Pal pi fuscous; second joint with white irroration especially on internal surface. Antennre fuscous. Legs fuscous; tibire and tarsi with whitish rin~s. Forewings narrow,. constricted posteniorly, costa moderately arched, apex. pointed, termen very oblique; 2 and 3 stalked; fuscous; two white 1 hut fuscous-irrorated fascire; first from 3: cosb, slightly outwardly oblique, moderately.broad, ending abruptlyjust across fold; second from i costa, broad on costa, narrowing towards tornus, indented near middle posteriorly, its outer edge suffused with pale yellowish; discal dots dark fuscous, first at 1/3 on posterior ed ge of first fascia, seconj ~ before 2/3 on anterior edge of second fascia, plical on po!sterior edge of first fascia slightly beyond first discal; cilia fuscous mixed with whibish, towards' tornus grey. Hindwings with termen sinuate; grey; cilia grey. Cradle Mountain (3,000 ft.) in January; one specimen: (W. B. Barnard). BY A, JEFFERS TURNER, M.D., F.E.S. Fam. XYLORYCTD-E. Mwroga unipunctan.a., Don. 139 Race tasmanica. This differs from the typical form in its sm aller size ( & 37 mm., S? mm.), larger spot on forewings, and fuscous hindwings in both sexes. do not think it can be regarded as more than a local race. Fam. <ECOPHORD-E. Borlchausenia acalles, n.sp. d.ka\:\nr, wii.l1o11t eltarm10, & 20 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous~ Palpi cchreous~whitish irrorated with fuscous. Antennre fuscous; ciliations in 3 1. Legs fuscous; tarsi with ochreous~ whitish rings; posterior pair paler. Forewings moderate, posteriorly dilated, costa genmy a~hed, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded; whitish-ochreous irrorated and suffused with fuscaus; markings fuscous; a narrow basal fascia; a discal d<>t at ~' a second in middle, plical before first discal; second dliscal followed by,a pale dot; a very suffused broad fascia from 2/3 costa to torn us; a sinua.te :subterminal fascia, from 5/6 costa to termen above tornus, broadest beneath costa; a terminal series of dots; cilia whitish-ochreous barred with fuscous. Hindwing.s and cilia pale grey. Mount 'Vellington (2,500 ft.) in January; one specimen (W. B. Barnard). EUnvrpo~, LeptocToca eucentra, n.sp. well J ointed mm. Head white or grey-whitish. Pal pi white; external surface of second joint dark fuscous. Antennre dark grey; ciliations of 6' very long (6). Thorax white; anterior edge dark fuscous. Abdomen grey; tuft whitish. Legs fuscous; tarsi writh fine whitish annulations; posterior pair whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex acute, termen very ohlique; whitish with patchy fuscous suffusion; discal dots blackish; first at l; second beyond middle; plical much before firs.t discal, connected with dorsum by a fuscous suffusion, which sometimes forms an elongate triangular blotch; apical portion of disc more fuscous-suffused; a row of submarginal fuscous dot~ along a.pica'l half of costa and ter.men to torn us; cilia whitish with an obscure, whitish, interrupted, sub-basal line. Bin-wings elongate-ovate; 'PRle grey; cilia grey-whitish.

12 140 NEW A..~D LTTLE-KNOWN TASMANAN LEPDOPTERA Mount Wellington (2,500 ft.), Russell F'al'ls, Lake Fenton (3,500 ft.),.moina (2,000 f:t.), and Cradle Mountain (3,000 ft.) in J,anuary; abundant in the last-named locality, but saw only the one sex. Leptocro~a silicolor, n.sp. silicolor, ochreous. t mm. Head whdtish-ochreous. PaiPf whitishochreous irrorated with fuscous. Antennre fuscous; ciliations in ~ H. Thorax fuscous; apex and apices of shoulderflaps whitish-ochreous. Abdomen pale-grey; tuft whitishochreous. Legs fuscous; tibire and tarsi annulated with whitish-ochreous; posterior pair mostly whitish-ochreous. Forewings strongly dilated, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded; whitish-ochreous irrorated with fuscous; a large fuscous spot on base of cos:'l not reaching dorsum;,a suffused fuscous blotch on dorsum before middle; discal dots fuscous, minute, and followed by small whitish-ochreous dots; first at \, second in middle, plical before first d'iscal; apical part of disc suffused with fuscous; cilia whitish-ochreous, bases irrorated with fuscous. Hindwings broadly ovate;.grey; cilia gi-ey. Mount Wellington (2,500 ft.) in January; two specimens. Locheutis dolic~otricha, n.. sp. ~oatxorptxos, long-hairerl. f!;. 20 mm. Head whitish-ochreous; face pale fuscous. Palpi fuscous; apex of second joint and a subapical ring on terminal joint whitish-ochreous. Antennre grey; in 0 with fascicles of extremely long cilia (10). Thorax brownishochreous. Abdomen pale grey. Legs fuscous; t ibim and tarsi annulated with whitish-ochreous, posterior pair except tarsi whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa nearly straight, apex round-pointed, ter men very obliquely rounded; whitish-ochreous,irrorated with fuscous; a dark fuscous dot on base of costa; discal dots dark-fuscous; fir.st at 1/3, second at 2/3,.plical beyond firo:;t discal; a pale line due to absence of irroration between fint and second discal; a terminal series of dark fuscous dots; cilia whitish ochr edus with a few fuscous scales, apices paler, Hdndwings and cilia whiti-sh. Mount Wellington (2,500 ft.) in January; one specimen. BY A. JEFFERS TURNER, M.D. F.E.S. Locheutis inconcinna-, n.sp. inconcinnus, inelegant. 141 f!;. 21 mm. Head and,thorax ochreous-whitish mixe~ with fuscous. Pal pi fuscous irrorated with ochreous-whitishj apices of second and terminal joints ochreous-whitish. Antennre fuscous; ciliations in (; 4. Legs fugcous; tarsal rings and posterior pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings narrow, not dilated, costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, term en very o0bliquely rounded; ochreous-whitish irroratcd. throughout with fuscous; mar:k!ings fuscous; a discal dct at 1/3, a second rather elongate at 2/3, with a whitish do.t beneath it, plical beneath first discal; suffused costal spots at 2/3, and bef'ore apex, the latter giving rise to a~ indistinct subterminal line, cilia ochreous-whitish, b:tses barred with fuscous. Hindwings pale grey; cilia grey... whitish. Mount Wellington (2,500 ft.) in January; one specimen (W. B. Barnard). CEnochroa thermistis, Low. am not sure that this is more than.a form of 0. lrotellrt, Wlk. c.enochtoa phamochyta, n.sp. mvoxuros, suffused witl1 reel, mm. Head pale red. Pal pi pale red; second joint irrorated with dark fuscous externally; terminal joint dark fuscous except apex. Antennre whitish-ochreous annulated with fuscous, apex of basal joint pa'le red; ciliations of (; 1. Thorax with a large posterior crest; reddish partj.y fuscous-suffused. Abdomen grey; tuft reddish. Legs dark ruscous; tibire and tarsi annulated with pale redd-ish. Forewings.broad, oval-triangular, costa modetately,arched, apex rounded, term en obliquely rounded; pale red irrorated with fuscous, which in posterior part of disc tends to form streaks on veins; a blackish dot on base of costa; a suffused, inter rupted, fuscous streak.on fold; a fine,!blackish, longitudinal, median.streak from! to middle, succeeded by a blackish spot, from which it is separated~ by a small reddish or reddish-white spot; a similar spot,sepaeates the latter from a short blackish streak running into subterminal line; a curved. fuscous subterminal line from 4/5 costa to torn us; cma pa1e red mixed with fuscous. Hind wings pale grey; cilia pale grey, on apex reddish-tinged. The reddish colouring is assimilated to that of th~ trunks of tree-ferns. Russell Falls and Moina (2,000 ft.) in January; sik. specimens.